The Newport Harbor Sailors will head out to challenge the Mira Costa Mustangs at 6:00 p.m. on Thursday. The two teams are sauntering into the matchup backed by comfortable wins in their prior games.
Newport Harbor is on a roll after a high-stakes playoff matchup on Tuesday. They put the hurt on Torrey Pines with a sharp 3-0 victory. The Sailors not only won on Tuesday, but they posted their biggest win since April 16th (when they won 3-0).
While Newport Harbor won a shutout, things came down to the wire in the second set they played. The match finished with set scores of 25-13, 25-23, 25-20.
Meanwhile, Mira Costa faced Beckman in a battle between two of the state's top teams on Tuesday. The Mustangs were the clear victors by a 3-0 margin over the Patriots. The win was familiar territory for the Mustangs, who have now won seven contests in a row.
Mira Costa never let Beckman on the board, but things got pretty close in the third set. Once all was said and done, the final score wound up at 25-18, 25-19, 25-23.
Newport Harbor is on a roll lately: they've won eight of their last nine games. That's provided a nice bump to their 27-11 record this season. As for Mira Costa, they pushed their record up to 34-2 with the victory, which was their 27th straight at home dating back to last season.
Newport Harbor couldn't quite get it done against Mira Costa when the teams last played back in February as they fell 3-1. Can the Sailors avenge their defeat or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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